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Old 07-20-2014, 01:32 PM   #121 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ECONORAM View Post
Or could one of these capacitor banks hold the voltage up at a stoplight...long enough until the engine went off idle?
Yes, but you would need to get a much higher capacity than the 350s I'm running. Perhaps a bank of 1500s. The voltage would still sag over time, just at a slower rate.

Is there something that isn't working correctly when the voltage sags at idle?

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